Chapter 332 The Secret of the Church and the Gods
The intelligence investigation of "going deep into the grassroots" has ended. In order to avoid more troubles or to prevent Ben Rachel from being too busy to meddle in other people's affairs, Punk resolutely left that increasingly deserted town in the middle of the night. As for the old man and the little girl ... After leaving a lot of food, pointing out that the "safe route" provided by a divination spell is the Punk's way of dealing with it, and Ben Rachel has nothing better to propose anyway.
After finally solving the inexplicable troubles, Punk dragged Ben Rachel, who was still thinking about the little girl, and ran across the field, and began to collect information about the Maple Leaf Kingdom.
In a concise summary, the current situation of the Maple Leaf Kingdom is actually very clear:
As a strong protector of the country, Joni Zondas is determined to launch a war against the Kingdom of Dragon Roar, even if it costs people and money and has never won the war, he will not give up.
As for the poor and nobles of the Maple Leaf Kingdom—the master-level paladin General Joni decided to go to war, no matter how dissatisfied they were, who would dare to say no? Under the circumstances that it is impossible to protest, the royal family can only further increase taxes, and the army can only force young and middle-aged labor to join the army more frequently. The nobles will take advantage of this opportunity of war to step up exploitation of the poor. Everyone above and below had to pay for Joni Zordas' persistence.
In the end, of course, all the oppression and exploitation were carried on to the ordinary poor. After more than a hundred years, a large number of laborers died on the battlefield, and the overwhelmed poor began to appear on a large scale. Cooperation", coupled with the fact that the aristocrats have no intention of restraining exploitation, the Maple Leaf Kingdom naturally has a "slum" town like the one that punk passed through before.
To be honest, Punk feels that Joni Zondas has been so "dead" in this country for more than a hundred times. It is really strong that the Maple Leaf Kingdom can survive until today without collapse. It is estimated that the Maple Leaf Kingdom can survive until now. There is also the credit for the relief of the kind and rich people in the Dragon Roar Kingdom.
Facing the current situation of poverty and famine in the Maple Leaf Kingdom, Punk feels indifferent. Whether the Maple Leaf Kingdom is prosperous or dying, it doesn't matter to him. The only thing Punk cares about along the way is from these things. The fact that "Jony Zondas has a stubborn and stubborn character" analyzed in the intelligence is nothing more than the fact.
On the contrary, Ben Rachel has great doubts about these situations:
"Although dead-headed master-level powerhouses are very common, it's normal for those priests with sick brains to dig into the horns of hundreds of years...but the Church of the God of Justice doesn't care, it just allows this kind of death A paladin with a brain stubbornly messing around? Isn't he afraid of losing his faith?"
Ben Rachel muttered full of doubts along the way, but most of the time he just talked to himself. Regarding the various "stupid" actions of many god churches, many powerful people who are not legendary have always been puzzled Ben Rachel complained and didn't expect Punk to know the answer.
Unlike Ben Rachel's nagging complaints, Punk just continued on his way without saying a word. In fact, Punk really knows the reason for Ben Rachel's problem.
Punk's cheap parents are strong men who are one step closer to the legendary realm, and they have collected a lot of information about the gods. Therefore, for example, this "secret of the gods" that is not considered a secret in the legendary circle, Punk He knows no less than the average legendary powerhouse.
Many people are very surprised. Obviously, many gods have a wide range of knowledge, and their wisdom can be called wise. Why do they have all the rules and regulations that hinder development in the church? Is it really because they Are they all old-fashioned and do not know how to adapt?
In fact, many people have entered into a mistake, that is-the gods like the power of faith, and they all hope that the more believers the better, the more powerful the church, the better.
But what is the real answer?
Does God want to work hard to develop the church? No, the fact is just the opposite. Most of the gods are racking their brains and using roundabout ways to hinder the expansion and strength of their followers! How about it? Sounds incredible!
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary mages, gods are loyal servants who belong exclusively to the clergy. They must be as dedicated as they are to perform their duties conscientiously every day, and at the same time, they are extremely rigid and stupid.
But in fact, although it is theoretically impossible for the gods to resist the slavery of the priesthood and there are no successful examples of resistance, this does not mean that they have given up their resistance. No god can resist the extreme slavery of the priesthood and the devouring of the gods' emotions and reason. Accepted, no matter how slim the chance is, no matter how inefficient the resistance is, it is impossible for any god to be willing to slowly become a puppet of the priesthood, so those gods who have not lost their self-awareness are actually racking their brains secretly Fighting—even if those fights are of very limited use.
Confronting head-on is obviously an act of courting death, so many gods have chosen a roundabout way. When hope is slim, the most basic method of resistance is of course procrastination. It is almost the first priority of all gods to reduce the speed at which the priesthood devours one's will as much as possible. Task.
As for the way to delay the priesthood, it is actually very simple-just self-mutilation!
The power of faith is the basis for the survival of the gods and the only way to maintain and promote their power. However, the power of faith is also the energy and motivation of the priesthood, and it is the best fuel to drive the priesthood to devour the will of the gods.
It is precisely because of this situation that many gods do not concentrate too much on developing their own churches, and even many ancient gods would rather let themselves have a full meal than develop believers, because the more prosperous the church, the more a god The stronger the priesthood is, the faster it will devour the consciousness of this god!
A church as prosperous as the Lord of Dawn cannot prove the power of the gods, it can only prove that the cheerful and strong man named Lathander has become a sad, wise puppet of the priesthood.
However, the gods themselves directly order the church to stop its development, which is not allowed by the priesthood. In this case, many gods who have been enshrined for a long time often do not hesitate to make their teachings harsh in order to increase the believers' morale. Threshold; sending talented believers to perform dangerous tasks to ensure the weakening of their own church, and loosening the organization of the church, allowing the growth of cancer, and even launching meaningless internal friction in various names... All the purposes are to let My own church is maintained in a state where it can barely survive and will not die, but it definitely does not want to have a big development.
Maybe this kind of self-destructive behavior will make the situation of the gods very dangerous, make their promotion impossible, and make them have to save every bit of divine power as much as possible... ...But at least this way can allow a god to "live" for tens of thousands of years.
This is why the most talented holy sons and holy women in the church often perform the most dangerous and even mortal tasks—because the gods can no longer tolerate the excellence and piety of these believers, it is very necessary to get rid of them "reasonably" as soon as possible !
Don't think that the gods in the good camp are all really kind, unless the self-awareness has been exhausted, otherwise the kind will always be priests and not gods!
It is precisely because these seemingly stupid actions of the gods cannot be understood by people who are not high enough, so many people think that the gods are dead-headed and old-fashioned guys. In fact, they are really more shrewd. Who may be better than the other? ?